Popular Theatre in Nigeria
Title | Popular Theatre in Nigeria PDF eBook |
Author | Alfonso Gumucio Dagron |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Theater |
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The Yoruba Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria
Title | The Yoruba Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria PDF eBook |
Author | Biodun Jeyifo |
Publisher | Lagos : Department of Culture, Federal Ministry of Social Development, Youth, Sports & Culture |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Nigeria |
ISBN |
The Generation of Plays
Title | The Generation of Plays PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Barber |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2003-03-21 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780253216175 |
Since the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre has virtually disappeared due to radio, TV and other mass media in Nigeria. This is the personal account of a theatre worker on tour with the Oyin Adejobi Company. Drawing on archives, interviews and transcribed plays, she describes a successful Yoruba drama.
Theatre in Nigeria
Title | Theatre in Nigeria PDF eBook |
Author | Foluke Ogunleye |
Publisher | Integritas Services |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | African drama |
ISBN | 9789783626676 |
Building on earlier works on the African video film movement this book discusses: The Dynamics of Finance in the Nigerian Traveling Theatre; Christian Morality Plays in Nigeria; Television Docudrama as Alternative Records of History; Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda; Money and Mercantilism in Nigerian Historical Plays; History of the Ori Olokun Theatre; and The Socio-Economic Construct of the Nigerian Home Video Film.
Hubert Ogunde
Title | Hubert Ogunde PDF eBook |
Author | Ebun Clark |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Revision of the author's thesis (M.Phil.) University of Leeds, 1974.
West African Popular Theatre
Title | West African Popular Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Barber |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 1997-06-22 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0253028078 |
" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " —Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." —Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.
Drama and Theatre in Nigeria
Title | Drama and Theatre in Nigeria PDF eBook |
Author | Yemi Ogunbiyi |
Publisher | Lagos : Nigeria Magazine |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Nigerian drama |
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